Let's not imagine that we can create a philosopher king.
I'm proud to have had one girlfriend in common with the "philosopher king," as he was known.
A large part of the Republic then addresses how the educational system should be set up to produce these philosopher kings.
Bohr, who turned 40 in 1925, was their father-confessor and philosopher king.
We wince, gag even, at the combination of sugar, fat and philosopher king.
The meat-and-potatoes curriculum is not quite Plato's prescription for philosopher kings.
For one thing, Kirk was a philosopher king, a supreme and benevolent leader in his twenty-three-deck realm.
It was mentioned in a recent documentary film called The Philosopher Kings.
The book offers the vantage point of the Philosopher King staring down his nose at the commoners.
Rulers and warriors were to live simply and to receive the best possible education, in the hopes of producing philosopher kings.